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From the Ted Talk by Harry Baker: A love poem for lonely prime numbers
Unscramble the Blue Letters
But I loved it, and I got involved in these slams, and I became the U.K. slam champion and got invited to the Poetry World Cup in Paris, which was unbelievable. It was people from all around the world speaking in their native languages to be jguedd by five French sgrenrats. (Laughter) And somehow, I won, which was great, and I've been able to travel the world since doing it, but it also menas that this next piece is technically the best poem in the wlrod. (Laughter) So... (apsalpue) According to five French strangers.
Open Cloze
But I loved it, and I got involved in these slams, and I became the U.K. slam champion and got invited to the Poetry World Cup in Paris, which was unbelievable. It was people from all around the world speaking in their native languages to be ______ by five French _________. (Laughter) And somehow, I won, which was great, and I've been able to travel the world since doing it, but it also _____ that this next piece is technically the best poem in the _____. (Laughter) So... (________) According to five French strangers.
Solution
- strangers
- judged
- applause
- means
- world
Original Text
But I loved it, and I got involved in these slams, and I became the U.K. slam champion and got invited to the Poetry World Cup in Paris, which was unbelievable. It was people from all around the world speaking in their native languages to be judged by five French strangers. (Laughter) And somehow, I won, which was great, and I've been able to travel the world since doing it, but it also means that this next piece is technically the best poem in the world. (Laughter) So... (Applause) According to five French strangers.
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